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See also: Weer, weer-, wéër, and Wéër

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wiː.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /wiː.ɚ/
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Etymology 1

wee +‎ -er

Noun

weer (plural weers)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Someone who wees, someone who urinates.

Etymology 2

Adjective

weer

  1. comparative form of wee: more wee

Anagrams

Balantak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

weer

  1. water

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋeːr/
  • Rhymes: -eːr
  • (common Belgian and South Dutch realisations) IPA(key): ,
  • (North and East of the Netherlands, audio example) IPA(key):
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  • (Guelders, Hollandic) IPA(key):

Etymology 1

Contracted form of weder (“again”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch wither, from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr, from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”), from Proto-Indo-European *wit(e)rom (“more apart”), from *wi (“separation”).

Adverb

weer

  1. again, once more
    Synonyms: nogmaals, opnieuw, wederom, terug
    Ze probeert weer te stoppen met roken.
    She's trying to quit smoking again.
    Ik moet weer opnieuw beginnen met mijn dieet.
    I have to start my diet again.
  2. back
    Hij draaide zich om en liep weer terug naar huis.
    He turned around and walked back home.
    Ik moet mijn boek weer naar de bibliotheek brengen.
    I have to take my book back to the library.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: were
  • Jersey Dutch: wêr
  • Negerhollands: weer

Etymology 2

Contracted form of weder (“weather”), from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wedar, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom.

Noun

weer n (uncountable, diminutive weertje n)

  1. weather
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weri
  • Negerhollands: weer
  • → Ambonese Malay: wer
  • → Aukan: wei

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wēre, from Old Dutch weri, from Proto-West Germanic *warī.

Noun

weer f (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. defense
  2. resistance
  3. (law, feudalism) seisin
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch withar (“wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. wether
Alternative forms

Etymology 5

From Middle Dutch wêer. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *warzaz, but this leaves the vowel ê in Middle Dutch unexplained. Related to wrat and Latin verrūca.

Noun

weer n (uncountable)

  1. callus
  2. knot in wood
    Synonyms: knoest, noest, kwast
  3. foxing (in textiles)

Etymology 6

From older weder, from Middle Dutch wēder, from Old Dutch *wether, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaþar, from Proto-Germanic *hwaþeraz.

Conjunction

weer

  1. (obsolete) whether

Etymology 7

From Middle Dutch wēer, from Old Dutch *wer-, from Proto-West Germanic *wer, from Proto-Germanic *weraz.

Noun

weer m (plural weren, diminutive weertje n)

  1. (archaic) man
    • 1873, De Bo, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      “Ga van hier, gij gloeiende weer!”
      “Begone, you evil man!”
Related terms

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

weer

  1. inflection of weren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Low German

Verb

weer

  1. first-person singular past of wesen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wǣre (second-person singular indicative and subjunctive past of wesan).

Verb

weer

  1. Alternative form of were

Etymology 2

From Old English werre, wyrre.

Noun

weer

  1. Alternative form of werre

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

weer (definite form weer wi)

  1. moon
  2. month

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257

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